Elekere (also transliterated El Kere) or Serer is one of the

woreda Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''zones'' and the '' regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of ...

s in the

Somali Region The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional stat ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. Part of the Afder Zone, Elekere is bordered on the southeast by Afder, on the southwest by Cherti, on the west by Goro Bekeksa, on the north by Mirab Imi, and on the east by

Gode Zone Shabelle is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was previously known as Gode ( so, Godey, ar, غودي), so named after its largest city, Gode. Shabelle is bordered on the west by Afder, on the north by Fiq, on the northeast ...

. The major town in Elekere is El Kere. High points in this woredas include the peaks of the Audo Range, which runs from the northwest to the southeast parallel to the Shebelle River.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growt ...

of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 108,735, of whom 32,696 are men and 25,039 women. While 1,777 or 3.08% are urban inhabitants, a further 13,261 or 22.97% are pastoralists. 98.88% of the population said they were Muslim. The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 33,034, of whom 17,720 are men and 15,314 are women; 1,1023 or 3.1% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Elekere were the Somali people as main gariire subclan of dir (92.71%) and the Oromo (7.24%); the census report classified 0.05% were all who were identified as Afar, Amhara, and Shita.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1''
Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.12, 2.13 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.

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